Reducing gender-based unemployment in India: the impact of social inclusion and foreign funds inflows
Indian Growth and Development Review
ISSN: 1753-8254
Article publication date: 22 March 2024
Issue publication date: 29 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the impact of social inclusion factors and foreign fund inflows on reducing gender-based unemployment in India.
Design/methodology/approach
A time series data set for the period of 1991–2021 has been considered, and an autoregressive distributed lag methodology has been applied to measure the short- and long-run impact of social inclusion and foreign fund inflows on reducing gender-based unemployment in India.
Findings
According to the study’s findings, both social inclusion and foreign fund inflows are critical factors for reducing male unemployment. However, in the case of female unemployment, only social inclusion factors play an important role, whereas foreign fund inflows have no role in it.
Originality/value
Analyzing the factors that affect gender-based unemployment has always been a grey area in literature. There are very few studies that capture gender-based unemployment in India, making this study a novice contribution. Second, it examines the relationship between foreign fund inflows, social inclusion and unemployment, which is another novel area of investigation. Finally, this study provides comprehensive and distinct results for both male and female unemployment that can help policymakers devise gender-based unemployment policies.
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Acknowledgements
Funding declaration: The authors did not receive any funding for the research, writing or publication of this article.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest regarding this research publication.
Data availability statement: The data sets used and/or analyzed during the current investigation are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
Citation
Khan, I. and Gunwant, D.F. (2024), "Reducing gender-based unemployment in India: the impact of social inclusion and foreign funds inflows", Indian Growth and Development Review, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1108/IGDR-07-2023-0103
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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